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Georgia State University

Basic Information

Type Public

Location Atlanta, GA

Population 4,000,000

Website http://www.gsu.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 27,109

Men / Women 41% / 59%

Black 42%

White 18%

Asian 14%

Hispanic 13%

Mixed 5%

International 4%

Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 37%

Business & Economics 21%

Computer Science & Math 14%

Life & Natural Sciences 10%

Arts 8%

Health Sciences 6%

Education 4%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,664

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $24,840

Est. In-State Cost $11,208

Est. Out-of-State Cost $32,133

10-Year ROI $123,000

ROI Percentile 34th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 80%

4-Year Graduation Rate 33%

6-Year Graduation Rate 53%

Transfer-Out Rate 25%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84th pctl)

Sunshine Hours 2,640 (57th pctl)

Days Without Precipitation 244 (45th pctl)

Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 58%

Yield (Unbound) 22%

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Humanities & Social Sciences	$44M	#35
Life & Natural Sciences	$122M	#102
Engineering, Computing & Math	$10M	#202

Graduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences	355	#55
Life & Natural Sciences	154	#155
Engineering, Computing & Math	21	#166

Honors College

Name Honors College

Students 1,700 (6%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_required

Submitted Test Scores 45%

SAT Range 980 – 1140

SAT Math Range 460 – 590

SAT RW Range 480 – 590

ACT Range 19 – 26

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies	321	30% / 70%	2%	$59,766
Economics	71 —	55% / 45%	8%	$75,068
International Economics	4 —	75% / 25%	0%	$75,068
Criminal Justice	143 —	27% / 73%	1%	$54,185
Public Policy	30 —	27% / 73%	0%	$59,241
Social Work	73 —	11% / 89%	0%	$55,197

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions	350	15% / 85%	3%	$84,410
Dietetics/Dietitian	27 —	15% / 85%	4%	$53,826
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	11 —	9% / 91%	0%	$46,357
Nursing	162 —	11% / 89%	2%	$95,899
Public Health	110 —	17% / 83%	4%	$78,411
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	40 —	22% / 78%	2%	$85,487

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of Arts and Sciences	2,874	38% / 62%	5%	$68,749
Computational Science	9 —	56% / 44%	0%	—
Computer Game Programming	21 —	67% / 33%	0%	—
Computer Science	391 —	73% / 27%	12%	$108,401
Computer and Information Sciences	273 —	64% / 36%	4%	$111,189
Mathematics	24 —	71% / 29%	4%	$64,073
Biology	336 —	27% / 73%	15%	$65,357
Chemistry	46 —	35% / 65%	15%	$68,745
Geosciences	29 —	59% / 41%	3%	$60,142
Neuroscience	79 —	33% / 67%	8%	$65,881
Physics	23 —	78% / 22%	4%	$58,967
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
African-American Studies	18 —	11% / 89%	0%	—
Anthropology	30 —	23% / 77%	0%	$48,290
Communication	47 —	19% / 81%	0%	$60,308
Deaf Studies	9 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
English	74 —	20% / 80%	0%	$53,993
Ethnic Studies	8 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Foreign Languages	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$38,776
French	3 —	0% / 100%	0%	$50,365
German	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
History	39 —	46% / 54%	0%	$42,849
Interdisciplinary Studies	543 —	30% / 70%	2%	$58,693
Journalism	87 —	31% / 69%	0%	$52,219
Linguistics	18 —	22% / 78%	0%	$38,776
Philosophy	22 —	55% / 45%	0%	$62,095
Political Science	172 —	36% / 64%	3%	$55,638
Psychology	438 —	18% / 82%	1%	$48,387
Religion/Religious Studies	6 —	17% / 83%	0%	$26,491
Sociology	118 —	25% / 75%	0%	$45,286
Spanish	7 —	14% / 86%	0%	$50,365

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of Education and Human Development	217	25% / 75%	1%	$62,487
Early Childhood Education	99 —	7% / 93%	1%	$56,957
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	106 —	44% / 56%	1%	$67,509
Special Education	9 —	0% / 100%	11%	$62,511
Art Education	3 —	33% / 67%	0%	$67,509

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of the Arts	392	44% / 56%	2%	$44,512
Drawing	131 —	28% / 72%	1%	$43,903
Film and Media Studies	227 —	50% / 50%	2%	$44,131
Music Performance	34 —	68% / 32%	3%	$49,406

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
J. Mack Robinson College of Business	1,008	47% / 53%	5%	$84,733
Accounting	145 —	41% / 59%	7%	$86,377
Actuarial Science	11 —	45% / 55%	36%	$95,157
Business Administration	156 —	49% / 51%	4%	$64,356
Business/Managerial Economics	50 —	62% / 38%	4%	$76,809
Entrepreneurship	41 —	37% / 63%	5%	—
Finance	219 —	62% / 38%	5%	$95,575
General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations	30 —	63% / 37%	3%	—
Hospitality Management	24 —	25% / 75%	0%	$54,621
Marketing	270 —	39% / 61%	4%	$81,680
Real Estate	38 —	45% / 55%	3%	$145,547
Risk Management and Insurance	24 —	38% / 62%	17%	$88,256

Rankings

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